Senior Banking Ops Strategy & Transformation Program Lead

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

The anticipated salary range for this role is between $179,000.00 and $230,000.00. The specific salary offered to an applicant will be based on their individual qualifications, experiences, and an analysis of the current compensation paid in their geography and the market for similar roles at the time of hire. The role may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award. In addition to cash compensation, SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees.

Role Description

As part of SMBC Americas' strategy to build a commercially competitive, U.S. regulatory-based Commercial and Investment Bank, SMBC Americas Division has launched an organizational transformation initiative aligning all end-to-end efforts across the organization.

The Senior Banking Ops Strategy & Transformation Lead will manage a team of project managers, and business analysts responsible for the end-to-end delivery of large-scale transformation initiatives, as well as monitor delivery throughout the life of the transformation effort and assess outcomes to ensure completeness and sustainability. This position will primarily interface with the Global Trade Finance Division with the incumbent acting as a key contributor in support of governance and oversight while applying critical thinking to organizational change. The position requires engagement with stakeholders across multiple business units and functional areas to ensure alignment to deliver on a target operating model.

Role Objectives: Delivery

• Define program stakeholders, scope, timing, resource requirements and deliverables.
• Create central transformation office and assign clear roles and responsibilities to establish ownership of programs and deliverables.
• Implement standardized templates and communication channels to drive transparency and consistency across work-streams.
• Engage stakeholders across multiple business divisions to ensure alignment and participation and agree on target end state and ownership.
• Identify and mobilize subject-matter experts throughout the organization to contribute as required.
• Monitor delivery throughout the life of the transformation effort and assess outcomes to ensure completeness and sustainability.
• Coordinate the development of project artefacts incl. project charters, business cases, governance materials, etc. to ensure effective governance and delivery of projects.
• Modify program plan and/or timelines as necessary in coordination with business stakeholders.
• Promote coordination between program work-streams to ensure alignment and awareness of over-arching program objectives.

Role Objectives: Interpersonal

Form strong partnerships with business stakeholders across the organization to agree and refine program scope, timelines, and target deliverables.

• Partner with impacted product and process owners to inform program delivery and objectives.
• Share expected outcomes and impact assessments to encourage buy-in on target end state.<